We’ve just released the new “European IT Outsourcing Intelligence Report 2011: Norway” that is currently available for free download here. The Report is based on the responses of the 491 Norway-based companies. The ratio of outsourcing to non-outsourcing companies surveyed was 284 to 201.

Key takeaways:

The greatest demand for ITO services in Norway comes from B2B software development companies

Most of ITO projects take 3 to 5 and 10 to 19 IT specialists to complete and are valued at€ 0-199K

Web solutions are most outsourced, while Cloud computing is least outsourced in Norway

Most of the Norwegian companies single-source offshore or onshore

Most of the Norwegian companies outsource to reduce operating costs, accelerate time to market, access IT staff outside Norway and release in-house staff for other business purposes

The key issues in the Norwegian ITO are delayed project delivery, poor project management on vendor’s side and cultural difference

Own Development Team is the most widely used engagement model in Norway

In the future, more Norwegian ITO buyers will go nearshore

Maximum project control retention is the key barrier that prevents many Norway’s companies from adopting ITO services